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The OSBORNE I@ Personal Business Computer see on the screen is what you get on the The screen of the OSBORNE 1 acts like a was designed, built, and priced with one objective: page So it's easy to edit, correct, and polish "window" that moves back and forth at your To make you more productive in your work, your your work-right on the screen You can save request over a spreadsheet of up to 256 rows business, or your profession now. The system is deliv- your text on a floppy diskette, and recall it and 64 columns All the calculations, addi- ered with the hardware and software tools you need at any time for revision or review. tions, footings and cross footings are to go to work right away, on the jobs you do for Everyone who tries WORDSTAR once finds computer-accurate There are plenty of com- hours every day. The tools are easy to learn, and fun it impossible to use a typewriter or write at mands (including net present value and to use The OSBORNE 1 is easily affordable- length by hand again. scientific notation), and the system is very especially when you consider the benefits: You save your time-and your secre- flexible. You can save spreadsheets on Your investment in the OSBORNE 1 tary's-by eliminating redundant effort and diskette for later revision, or print them is really an investment In yourself. mechanical typing. You achieve polished, for reference. It's an investment in your own time, because the finished text in less time than you're If you make complex calculations, OSBORNE 1 is going to save a lot of your time. used to spending on rough drafts or if you go through repeated calcu- The OSBORNE 1 is an investment in your output, Your communications-letters, ations (things like restated purchase lists because the OSBORNE 1 lets you put the time you memos, reports, articles, copy, or parts costs lists or accounting worksheets or save from mundane tasks into creative, "get-ahead" ideas-will improve dramatically budget projections), the OSBORNE 1 with tasks. They'll take less of your time. SUPERCALC will triple your output. It's an investment in the future, because the They'll go out faster If you know the BASICS. ... OSBORNE 1 gives you tools to do new jobs Jobs If you work with numbers. ... The OSBORNE 1 is delivered with two power- you simply could not consider before. The OSBORNE 1 and ful BASIC dialect-MBASICm and CBASICm. And it's an investment in your effectiveness,because SUPERCALCTMreplace your calculator, 's MBASIC interpreter is perfect for the OSBORNE 1 handles all the details like accurate your paper, and your pencil with the speed quick problem solving. CBASIC is a business- computations and error-free typing, so that your out- and accuracy of a computer oriented compiler-interpreter language designed put is not only faster, it's better. Remember the last worksheet you did by for production of business applications systems. If you work with words. ... hand? Imagine. What if you didn't have to do Taken together, you have a lot of BASIC capability With WORDSTART" the OSBORNE 1 is trans- ANY of the calculations yourself, with a calcu- for management or engineering problem solving. formed into a powerful, easy-to-use lator or adding machine? What if you could CP/MB.Access to more software tools. that rivals dedicated word processing stations cost- change any amount and instantly see the The industry-standard Control Program for ing up to six times more result? M~C~OCO~DU~~~Sis also the standard Control You can type your ideas on the keyboard faster That's the OSBORNE I with SUPERCALC, and it ( Program for the OSBORNE 1. Every month, new than you can hand-write or dictate them. What you works as beautifully on a single column of figures as on ~sborne-approvedsoftware packages (selected from the a complex budget projection or scientific analysis. ne meansgettmgmore done.

wealth of software written for the CP/M system) are An end to technophobia. released, for tasks rangng from electronic mail to All of us, to some extent, suffer from data base management t~ proofreading, and more. technophobia-the fear of techndogy. That means even more porential for increased But when technology is delivered in a productivity. And more ways to get a return on your useful form, fears are forgotten. productivity investment. Look around you. Digital hi-fi's, pro- Your productivity investment grammable coffee makers, automatic goes where yau go, phone dialers. Kids in grade school are Because the system is portable, you need never writing programs, and in work without it. Anywhere. And you'll quickly find cars are calculating fueI mixtures and that you don't want to work without it. remembering your favorite driving An optional battery pack means you can work while travelling, or while in remote locations. Pind Those who are grasping the tods the small size of the OSBORNE I means it flts technology are moving forward almost anywhere-under airline seats, in And technophobia is really just a the back ~f a spoaecar, or wherever you of the unknown. A demonstration at used to any a briefcase. your locaI authorized OSBORNE 1 dealer will quickly dispel any concerns Access f;(Y .n!e$ma~ks.Comme~~;tcatbn at$..B@W iemnpaters, you might have about using a com- Todq, -z;a1h& &ofl;bpakrnetworks are puter just as quickly, you'lI see why avaiIablethat prdinsta~i.4 access to a the OSBOIWE 1 is the productivity investment that's changing the way people go to work. newspapers (a,ndlrewqapa clipping files), electronic mail, and a hast of other reference matedal. For anyone who wants to get ahead. Built-in communi~at'lOnc~nmcttos1s let your For anyone who doesn't want to L-. OSBORNE 1 exchange hhrmation-from virtually be left behind. any location-with ather Osbame computers. with your computer , with your oRce, or with computers from other manufactu~ers. I Screen. Clear, 5", 24-row screen displays a 52-character window on a 128-character line and I features automatic horizontal scrolling. 1 Monitor interface. An interface I is provided to allow connection of larger video displays.

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